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The last meeting of 2021 (apart for a Zoom gathering after Christmas.)  A good meeting with eight members present, mostly well masked against Omicron, garlic, or any other nasty emission…

The usual variety of trains were on the move.  Derek (Atfield) had modified the Kato steeplecab to fit on a Kato bogie chassis.  It really improves its appearance…

Simon’s Orient express suffered loco failure, but the Santa Fe goods ran very well….

Chris ran a Pullman liveried 73 on a ballast train.  There are photos showing that this unusual combination actually happened.  Chris replaced the 73 with a green 33, and somehow it looked rather more realistic!

And Paul, of course, contributed some Japanese stock.  We’ll miss these bullets when they move north!

And Paul added a few comments on Facebook….

Last ESNG meeting of 2021, all masked up. Lots of questions regarding my impending move and whether I might get to a meeting from time to time. Certainly possible, and there may be the odd Zoom meeting as well. A farewell curry evening is being arranged for the 23rd January.

Put it in your diary Mr Dawes!!!

The third meeting of the week, and once again we seemed to hit the Rule of Six.  I’ll let Paul introduce the proceedings: 

A third ESNG meeting in a week with just 6 attendees. The running session was enjoyable as ever. I went for a selection of Shinkansen sets from JR East. The E4 MAX Tohoku livery, E3 Tsubasa, E2 Hayate J Series, E5 Hayabusa and the E4 MAX Toki livery.

There was a bigger desk for the Treasurer….

Brian had built a very nice rail head treatment unit (RHTT).  No scale leaves to go with it, though….

Some colourful Swiss goods from Allan….

Derek’s (Apps) little autocoach and loco were running very well…

More of Paul’s Japanese selection….

My Farish BR 2-6-2T, that I bought second hand, ran very well….

To close, here’s Brian’s usual record of the afternoon…..

And here’s how he built his RHTT…

My birthday evening was spent at the second ESNG meeting of the week.  Just the six of us, but that is quite OK with all the Covid cases about at the moment.  We had the usual relaxed evening running, and of course, chatting.

Paul had his usual selection of Japanese trains on show….

Derek ran, amongst others, a long passenger train hauled by the Deltic prototype.  It stayed coupled up most of the time!

And Michael had a traditional goods train on show….

I didn’t run anything, but sat and watched the trains go by!

Finally, for today’s post, we have an interesting modelling challenge.  A Universal Carrier with rail wheels…..

And a lovely picture of Allentown on the Lehigh Valley.  Note the streetcar on the bridge….